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often blotched with white or black as in A. Blituvi. About the 

 Town and at South Barracks ! II. ! III. i. River bed at Almo- 

 raima ! Campamento ! ii. Algeciras Station, &c. ! 



\Acliyranthes argcntca Lamk. Grassy bushy places ; local ; 

 3-6. I. Above Alameda Parade ! Below Mediterranean Tunnels ! 

 Monkey's Cave ! Dockyard ! Sandpits ! Above Catalan Bay ! 



■''Alternanthera Achyraniha R. Br. By walls and waste places; 

 rare ; 7-10. Clusters axillary, silvery white. I. Haensl. III. ii. 

 Algeciras, Rev. 



'■•'\Pupalia atroimrpurca Moq.-Tand. Similar places ; rare ; 

 5-6 '? Inflorescence spicate, in distant globose, woolly spiny 

 clusters. III. ii. Algeciras, Bev. 



Chenopodiace^, 



Salsola vermiculata L. Salt marshes ; locally frequent ; 6-9. 

 Shrubby, with white stems. A glabrous form, probably var. 

 microphylla Moq.-Tand., but erect, not prostrate. III. iii. Gua- 

 darranque Marshes ! 



S. Kali Ten. In deep sand on or near the shore ; very com- 

 mon ; 6-9. I. Near Lighthouse ! II. ! III. ! 



Var. rosea Moq.-Tand. Glabrous, purplish, wings of perianth 

 rosy. II. K., D. III. i. Sand Desert, K., D. 



S.Sodah. Sandy places near sea; rare; 7-9. 1. Gaudichaud. 

 III. ii. Marsh at Palmones Playazo ! iii. Guadarranque Marshes ! 



Halogeton sativus Moq.-Tand. Salt marshes ; rare ; 7-9. 

 Like a Suceda, but with long, membranous, spathulate perianth 

 segments. I. K. 



Suceda maritima Dum. Salt marshes and sands near sea; 

 occasional; 7-10. I. By Inundation! Europa Point! II. K.,D. 

 III. ii. Algeciras, K., D. iii. Palmones Marshes ! an erect form, 

 subwoody below, but apparently annual. 



S. fnUicosa Forsk. Similar places; rare; 5-11. I. Rocks 

 below Europa Point ! Probably the plant which Kelaart thought 

 might be S. viaritima var. salsa Moq.-Tand., but quite suffruticose. 



[Salicornia fruticosa L. is recorded from Neutral Ground and 

 Algeciras by Kelaart and Dautez, but almost certainly in mistake 

 for the next.] 



Arthrocneimim macrostacliyum Mor. & Delp. Salt marshes ; 

 locally abundant; 1-12. Each flower in a cup-shaped receptacle 

 in one excavation of rachis, not each naked in a separate recep- 

 tacle. II. K., D. ? III. ii. Palmones Playazo ! iii. Gua- 

 darranque Marshes ! Varying greatly in size and colour. Young 

 plants have the appearance of S. herbacea. 



Kochia scoparia Schrad. Salt marshes ; rare ; 9-10. III. ii. 

 Near Algeciras, Nee. 



Obione porUdacoides Moq.-Tand. Salt marshes and waste 

 places near sea; rather rare; 8-10. I. Reclamation Road! 

 III. ii. and iii. Palmones River and Marshes ! 



Atrip)lex Halimus L. River banks and near sea ; local ; 8-9. 

 III. i. By Lajo between the fords ! ii. Common on sandy shore 

 hills at Algeciras, Bev. 



